Pauline Matthews (Kiki Dee) Quotes

My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.

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• My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.

  

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